A17 - Many Frequency Changes - Here's just a few!

[VK3BVW]

Monitoring over the past five days has resulted in numerous new frequency allocations for the A17 transmission season. Here's a partial list of what I have so far:

5875 ASCENSION IS. BBC - Ascension. Hausa service to WAf 0630, NF and a weak signal, Mar 28

5890 SINGAPORE. BBC - Kranji. English to SEAs at 2200-2300, NF (ex 9740), weak signal, Mar 26.

5950 OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. English to SEAs, NF (ex 5840), weak signal, Mar 26.

5970 OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. Dari service to SAs 1830-1900 s/off, NF (ex 5875), poor signal and heavy QRM from the dominant co-channel CRI with its French broadcast, Mar 27.

5975 AUSTRIA. R. Japan - Moosbrunn. 30-min English service to WEu at s/on 0500, NF (probably ex 13640 Dhabayya), surprisingly good signal using a non-directional antenna, Mar 28.

6080 NTH MARIANA IS. RFA - Tinian. Mandarin at s/on 2000, NF and a weak signal under heavy Firedrake jamming, Mar 26.

6105 FRANCE. R. Japan - Issoudun. Japanese to CAm 0435, NF (ex 5960) and a weak signal here (but should be strong in CAm!), Mar 28.

7235 IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. Italian service to Eu 1925, NF (ex 7305), fair signal, Mar 27.

7245 CHINA. CRI - Baoji. Russian at 2015. NT (ex 1900-2000), weak signal, Mar 26.

7255 CHINA. CRI - Kashi. Mandarin 2010, NF (ex 7245), weak signal, Mar 26.

7365 THAILAND. VOA - Ban Dung. Korean service 1935, NF (ex 5875??), fair signal, Mar 27.

9410 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. BBC - Dhabayya. Arabic to EAf at 0330, fair signal. At 0400, changes over to the Moosbrunn relay for continuation of Arabic till 0500, but the signal is considerably weaker after the switchover. In B16, English was heard between 0300-0500 via Oman. Mar 30.

9450 PHILIPPINES. FEBC - Bocaue. Believed to be in the Mein language or similar at 2320, NF (ex 9455), weak signal, Mar 26.

9460 CHINA. CRI - Kunming. Cantonese at 2325, NF and poor signal on Mar 26.

9480 JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. English to Oc, s/on 1930, NF (ex 9625) and very good signal, Mar 27.

9535 ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. DRM service to Eu at 2025 in French, then English at 2030, NF on Mar 26.

9535 KUWAIT. RFA - Umm al-Rimam. At 2305 in Mandarin to EAs. In B16 this was Tibetan at this time. Poor signal and jamming, Mar 26.

9570 CHINA. CRI - Kunming. Cantonese to Aus/Oc at s/on 1100, NF (ex 13580), excellent signal, Mar 26.

9610 CHINA. CRI - Kunming. Mandarin to Aus/Oc at 1110, NF (ex 15440), excellent signal, Mar 26.

9610 ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. English to ENAm at s/on 2030, NF and poor signal, Mar 26.

9620 TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. English s/on 2030 English to Asia and Aus, NF (ex 9610) and one hour earlier, good signal, Mar 26.

9655 FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Arabic to NAf at 2040, NF (ex 9810), fair signal, Mar 26.

9685 AUSTRALIA. Reach Beyond Aust - Kununurra WA. Slow English at 1120, NF, poor signal and heavy QRM CNR jammer 9680, Mar 26.

9820 MADAGASCAR. MWV - Mahajanga. Russian at 1918, NF (ex 9495) and a weak signal. No sign of the scheduled BBC WS via Oman on this day, Mar 27.

9880 CHINA. CRI - Kashi. S/on 2200 in Esperanto (only one of about two stations still offering a service in this language), NF (ex 9860), fair to poor signal, Mar 26.

9890 SINGAPORE. BBC - Kranji. Burmese 0000-0030, NF (ex 9560), poor signal and // 11700 also heard, Mar 27.

11650 ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. Romanian to SEu at 0940, NF and on Sundays only, poor signal, Mar 26.

11660 ENGLAND. BBC - Woofferton. Hausa s/on 0630 for 30 min service to WAf, NF and weak signal, Mar 28.

11665 MALAYSIA. RTM Wai FM - Kajang. Malay with pop music programming 0945, fair signal, Mar 26.

11700 ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. Spanish to SAm s/on 2300, NF (ex 9610?) and // 11800. Now on one hour earlier than for B16, weak signal, Mar 26.

11710 CHINA. CRI - Xian. English to EAs at 0900, NF and fair signal, Mar 26.

11720 GERMANY. VOA - Lampertheim. Tigrinya service to EAf at 1905, NF (ex 12040-Ban Dung) and good signal, Mar 27.

11785 THAILAND. VoA - Ban Dung. Mandarin 0950, NF and a weak signal under heavy CNR jammer, Mar 26.

11800 ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. Spanish to SAm s/on 2300, NF (ex 7325?), weak and under much stronger co-channel CNR, Mar 26.

11825 JAPAN. R. Japan - Yamata. Japanese to EAs 0705, NF and fair signal, Mar 28.

And there's plenty more, but too long to list here. The list continues at the Mount Evelyn DX Report: http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/a17-schedule-changes.html


Receiver: Yaesu FTDX3000
Antennas: 3.5, 7 and 14 mHz coax dipoles, and Par SWL End Fed
Location: Mount Evelyn, 45 km east of Melbourne, Vic, AU

Hoping there's something of interest to readers here. 73 and good DX everyone!

Rob VK3BVW